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ComEd and Digital Realty Cut Ribbon on New Substation Serving Franklin Park Data Center Campus
ComEd continues to deliver new infrastructure needed to support the growing data center industry in northern Illinois FRANKLIN PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nComEd continues to deliver new infrastructure needed to support the growing data center industry in northern Illinois\n\n FRANKLIN PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nComEd today joined Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, and community members to cut the ribbon on a new electrical substation that provides more power capacity to support future growth and operation of data centers in the region. The 4-acre substation is located on Digital Realty’s data center campus and delivers new transformer technology and electrical upgrades that are essential to meeting growing demand.\n\nThe new substation marks another milestone in ComEd’s work to support the growth of the data center industry in northern Illinois, which has seen meteoric growth in recent years. ComEd has supported the launch of 16 new data center projects in the past two years, including six projects in 2021 alone which are bringing more than $2 billion in local capital investment to the region.\n\n\"Through our continued investments to modernize grid infrastructure, ComEd is delivering reliable, clean and affordable power that 9 million people count on, while making our region more attractive for new investment and the jobs that come with it,\" said Gil Quiniones, CEO of ComEd. “We know that data centers have many location options, but companies like Digital Realty continue to choose northern Illinois thanks to the state’s incentives as well as the investments we’re making to deliver industry-leading reliability, with access to infrastructure and clean energy needed to meet the demands of today’s customers. We thank Digital Realty for their continued confidence in northern Illinois and look forward to supporting their continued growth in the area.”\n\nDigital Realty has over 300 facilities in 27 countries across six continents. The Franklin Park facility is one of seven sites the company owns in northern Illinois, and plans are underway to expand an existing site in Chicago’s South Loop. The commissioning of the new substation in Franklin Park will help Digital Realty meet growing customer demand as the company expands its footprint to serve additional customers.\n\n“Northern Illinois and Franklin Park, in particular, are critical to Digital Realty’s and our customer’s businesses,” ...